Yes the sheer joy of vanquishing is sadly missing from many games. I remember Spore, not that I ever played it, or the Sims. I did play Monopoly as a kid, I was one of those obnoxious children who had memorized the rules and would not allow all that sissy free money in the middle shenanigans.

Him, and on the other side Phlox, standing tall and proud, Statues of them built, by the Menk, a millenia latter, after the race the menk evolve into (NOT The pakleds, sorry) Saves the milky way from somet threat from another galaxy... THey build statues of Archer and Phlox, speaking of their wisdom, their restraint, their ability not to be blinded by instant compassion, and to see things from a larger perspective

Beyond that... SFdebris just wrote a review on Shadow's of P'jem... and I'm like... I know its his show but.... URGGH, I like a lot of his things on DS9 but he never once even ACKNOWLEDGES, that THe vulcans used a RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE, as cover for their listening post.

Saying this isnt just spying, but an attempt to prey on peoples sympathys, is quite legitimate.

Him, and on the other side Phlox, standing tall and proud, Statues of them built, by the Menk, a millenia latter, after the race the menk evolve into (NOT The pakleds, sorry) Saves the milky way from somet threat from another galaxy... THey build statues of Archer and Phlox, speaking of their wisdom, their restraint, their ability not to be blinded by instant compassion, and to see things from a larger perspective

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And Phlox and Archer should both have their middle fingers pointed skyward as a heroic fuck you to the Valakians. Children could drape those fingers in flower garlands on Menk holidays.

Beyond that... SFdebris just wrote a review on Shadow's of P'jem... and I'm like... I know its his show but.... URGGH, I like a lot of his things on DS9 but he never once even ACKNOWLEDGES, that THe vulcans used a RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE, as cover for their listening post

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I don't think the monastery existed for the sole, or even primary, purpose of deception. Rather it was a actual Vulcan monastery which had existed for thousands of years, but there also was a relatively resent listen post located in it's basement.

Beyond that... SFdebris just wrote a review on Shadow's of P'jem... and I'm like... I know its his show but.... URGGH, I like a lot of his things on DS9 but he never once even ACKNOWLEDGES, that THe vulcans used a RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE, as cover for their listening post.

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Lots of governments have used ostensibly civilian structures, operations, and vehicles for intelligence operations. The Vulcans doing that is par for the course when it comes to these kinds of things.

The Pentagon used to be a mental hospital. Briefly there was an overlap of a few years where the building housed both Americas cooks and Americas grizzled sociopaths planning the destruction of communism.